Man arrested with gun hanging on shoelace around neck in Trenton raid

TRENTON ó The county narcotics task force arrested a city resident after a Thursday raid.

The prosecutorís office said that around 12:45 p.m. they searched a home in the first block of Eastburn Avenue, according to the release.

Inside the home they found Abdul Hakeem Frazier on the couch with a loaded .380 caliber handgun hanging around his neck with a shoelace, the prosecutorís office said.

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The prosecutorís office said that the search turned up 372 baggies of heroin (referred to as decks by police) in the living room along with $1,351 in cash in a bedroom. Investigators also found $50 in Frazierís BMW.

According to Lt. Mike Novembre of the Mercer County Prosecutorís office, the heroin has an estimated value of $3,720.

The release said that Frazier, 21, is charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession with the intent to distribute, possession with the intent to distribute within 500 feet of a park, possession of a firearm with committing a narcotics offense and certain persons not to possess a weapon. He is being held on $100,000 cash bail, the prosecutors office said.

Frazierís no stranger to law enforcement and the 21-year-old has been arrested recently for similar offenses. In March, the alleged Bloods member was arrested by Trentonís TIDE personnel while in possession of a gun on Oakland Street. In June he was nabbed on drug charges for possession of marijuana under 50 grams and heroin along with related distribution offenses.

According to published reports Frazier ended up paralyzed after a shooting outside of a South Broad Street night club in February of 2013. He was also shot in March of 2012 exiting a convenience store in the cityís West Ward, reports said.

Frazierís brother Quaadir ďAceĒ Gurley, a high ranking Bloods Gang member was gunned down outside of the Donnelly Homes housing Complex in July 2013. Police later arrested Isiah Greene in November 2013 in connection with Gurleyís murder .

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